Urban microclimate studies are gaining popularity due to rapid urbanization. Many studies
documented that urban microclimate can affect building energy performance, human …

Contemporary ecological models of health prominently feature the natural environment as
fundamental to the ecosystem services that support human life, health, and well-being. The …

We develop a new algorithm, the simplified urban-extent (SUE) algorithm, to estimate the
surface urban heat island (UHI) intensity at a global scale. We implement the SUE algorithm …

In recent decades, rising trend in the number of heat waves (HWs) has exacerbated the risk
of heat-related mortality and morbidity. The frequent deadly HWs precipitated a multitude of …

The spatial configuration of cities can affect how urban environments alter local energy
balances. Previous studies have reached the paradoxical conclusions that both sprawling …

Land cover changes (LCCs) play an important role in the climate system. Research over
recent decades highlights the impacts of these changes on atmospheric temperature …

The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is a common environmental problem in urban
landscapes which affects both climatic and ecological processes. Here we examined the …

Urbanization is one of the biggest social transformations of modern time, driving and driven
by multiple social, economic, and environmental processes. The impacts of urbanization on …

Despite research that has been conducted elsewhere, little is known, to-date, about land
cover dynamics and their impacts on land surface temperature (LST) in fast growing mega …

Nowadays, the absence of suitable data that describes the urban landscape in climate
relevant terms for climatic models is a significant impediment to progress, even if the physics …